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To: ealgeone
I know a great deal of catholicism and the central role Mary plays in Roman Catholicism.

If that were so, then you would know that our love for Mary in no way diminishes our love for Jesus but rather flows from it. Our love for Mary also leads us deeper into a love of (and personal relationship with) Jesus. The two do not contradict one another. In Luke it says that all generations will call her blessed. Will not you?

66 posted on 11/20/2016 4:41:35 PM PST by Petrosius
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To: Petrosius
If that were so, then you would know that our love for Mary in no way diminishes our love for Jesus but rather flows from it. Our love for Mary also leads us deeper into a love of (and personal relationship with) Jesus. The two do not contradict one another. In Luke it says that all generations will call her blessed. Will not you?

What catholics claim and what catholics do regarding Mary are two different things.

The idols of Mary, the kneeling before Mary, the prayers to Mary, the songs to Mary, the reliance upon mary for salvation, answered prayers, etc, say catholics worship Mary and have made her the centerpiece of Roman Catholicism.

There is a contradiction in catholicism on this. The Bible records Jesus as being our only Mediator and Redeemer yet catholicism accords her the false titles of co-redeemer and mediatrix.

Christians count Mary as being blessed in accordance with what Luke has recorded. However, we do not call her the "Blessed Mother" as that is not accorded to her in the text.

68 posted on 11/20/2016 4:50:00 PM PST by ealgeone
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